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perfervid

[ per-fur-vid ]

adjective

  1. very fervent; extremely ardent; impassioned:

    perfervid patriotism.



perfervid

/ ɜːˈɜːɪ /

adjective

  1. literary.
    extremely ardent, enthusiastic, or zealous
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈڱԱ, noun
  • ˈڱ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • Э·i·ٲ ·ڱv·Ա noun
  • ·ڱv· adverb
  • ·ڱvǰ especially British, ·ڱvdzܰ noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of perfervid1

First recorded in 1855–60; New Latin perfervidus, per-, fervid
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of perfervid1

C19: from New Latin perfervidus, from Latin per- (intensive) + fervidus fervid
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Two young saxophonists of bright, perfervid attack and deep assurance, Richardson, 39, and Wilkins, 22, have a lot in common.

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Mainstream pundits and politicians continue to obsess over the stereotype of the "Bernie Bro," a perfervid horde of Bernie Sanders supporters who supposedly stop at nothing to harass his opponents online.

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McLean is an adroit alto saxophonist with a perfervid delivery who, despite a distinguished family line, has not enjoyed the kind of sustained critical attention that his peers might tell you he deserves.

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A 1975 New York Times review described reading it as “like being trapped at a cocktail party with a normal‐looking fellow who suddenly starts a perfervid racist diatribe.”

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Elon Musk, one of NASA's suppliers in the brave new privatized world, is perfervid about building a Mars colony.

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